Bin Zhang

Dr. Bin Zhang is an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering at the Molinaroli College of Engineering and Computing, University of South Carolina. With over 20 years of experience in prognostics and health management, intelligent systems and control, and robotics, he has established himself as a leading researcher in battery management systems, power electronics, and fault-tolerant control systems.

Dr. Zhang's educational background includes:

• Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
• M.E. in Mechanical Engineering from Nanjing University of Science and Technology, China
• B.E. in Mechanical Engineering from Nanjing University of Science and Technology, China

His research focuses on active approaches to achieve intelligent smart systems with self-situational-awareness and self-adapting capabilities. Primary interests include prognostics and health management (PHM), which covers fault detection and isolation, failure prognosis, and fault tolerance; robotics and unmanned systems; intelligent systems and control; and dynamic systems design, modeling, simulation and control. His work integrates physics-based models with data-driven techniques and computational intelligence, including pattern recognition and machine learning.

Analysis of Dr. Zhang's recent publications reveals a strong emphasis on battery modeling (particularly lithium-ion batteries), power electronics control (including fractional order delay and virtual variable sampling techniques), and deep learning methods (including graph neural networks, deep residual convolutional neural networks, and deep belief networks). His research spans multiple application domains including power grids, batteries, aircraft, helicopters, and manned/unmanned vehicles.

Dr. Zhang serves as Associate Editor for prestigious journals including IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics: Systems, and Neurocomputing. He is a Senior Member of IEEE and a member of ASME.

As director of the Resilient Systems Laboratory, Dr. Zhang advises numerous graduate students working on cutting-edge research in battery technology, power cable insulation, and control systems. His lab is equipped with advanced facilities including an 8-channel ARBIN BT-Smart battery testing system, power electronics control systems, cable/wire testing systems, rotating machinery testing systems, and unmanned vehicles including quadrotors and hexacopters.